Ancient laws and modern problems : the balance between justice and a legal system / John Sassoon.
2001
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Author
Title
Ancient laws and modern problems : the balance between justice and a legal system / John Sassoon.
Published
London : Third Millennium Pub., 2001.
Call Number
KL147 .S27 2001
Former Call Number
A 312 Sa79 2001
ISBN
0953696995
Description
220 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)49982716
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212) and index.
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Balance between justice and a legal system
Table of Contents
Introduction
7
Acknowledgements
11
Ch. 1
Emergence from Prehistory
13
Ch. 2
The Law Codes
29
Ch. 3
The Burden of Proof
40
Ch. 4
The Concept of Property
55
Ch. 5
The Family as Property
65
Ch. 6
Children
81
Ch. 7
Adoption
93
Ch. 8
Rape and the Family
101
Ch. 9
Women According to the Laws
109
Ch. 10
Cruelty Under the Law
121
Ch. 11
The Hammurabi Mystery
143
Ch. 12
Law in the Ancient World
168
Ch. 13
Ancient Laws and Modern Problems: Three Problem Principles
175
Ch. 14
Ancient Laws and Modern Problems: Justice and Other Hazards
196
List of References
209
Bibliography
211
Index
213